German Thieves Steal Around $95,000 in Apple Products from Moving Vehicle

Earlier this week we reported that New York City was still struggling with a staggering tide of iPhone thefts, but the petty thievery involved in most of the instances pales in comparison to an incident yesterday in Germany. Likely traveling at full speed, a band of thieves stole around 70,000 Euros' worth of Apple products (or $95,200) in a truck. As Germany's N-TV reports (via 9to5Mac), it's the kind of thing you'd expect to see in James Bond films.

The truck driver in question noticed the theft as took a break in Kassel, Germany on his way from The Netherlands to the Czech Republic. Security officials noted that the security lock had been broken with a bolt cutter, allowing the thieves to make off with seven pallets filled with 125 iPads, four iPad minis, and approximately 30 iPhones and two keyboards manufactured by Apple.

Apparently the driver noticed the theft immediately upon stopping, which suggests that the thieves had used another vehicle to pull up on the truck as it sped down the highway. Surprisingly, this isn't the first of such incidents. The Kassel police notes that the perpetrators tend to use SUVs in the middle of night, which they then use to board the trucks while matching their speed. Because the SUVs manage to fit inside the trucks' blind spots, they can't be seen in the mirrors.

Obviously, such piracy is risky--all it takes is the driver putting on the brakes to avoid something in the road, and the SUV behind it could crash into the truck, throwing off the balance of the thugs crawling on the hood and roof of the SUV, resulting in serious injury or death. The article also mentions the danger of being run over by following traffic, but you'd think at least one of those following cars would call this kind of stuff in.